create journal file: permission denied

[Mark Andrews]

In message <dcbb85870906162115j19aaef94q2b0fa8ae6ac917b at mail.gmail.com>, Dan Le
tkeman writes:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to setup ddns and the log file is showing that it cannot
> create the journal file
> 
> 
> 16-Jun-2009 22:03:30.145 update: info: client 172.16.56.111#63970:
> updating zone 'dan.net/IN': error: journal open failed: unexpected
> error
> 16-Jun-2009 22:03:30.211 update: info: client 172.16.56.111#63970:
> updating zone 'dan.net/IN': deleting rrset at 'none.dan.net' A
> 16-Jun-2009 22:03:30.212 update: info: client 172.16.56.111#63970:
> updating zone 'dan.net/IN': adding an RR at 'none.dan.net' A
> 16-Jun-2009 22:03:30.212 general: info: journal file
> /var/named/dan.net/dan.net.hosts.jnl does not exist, creating it
> 16-Jun-2009 22:03:30.218 general: error:
> /var/named/dan.net/dan.net.hosts.jnl: create: permission denied
> 16-Jun-2009 22:03:30.218 update: info: client 172.16.56.111#63970:
> updating zone 'dan.net/IN': error: journal open failed: unexpected
> error
> 
> I have tried moving the zone into it's own directory and giving the
> named user full rights to it but it is still unable to create the
> file.
> 
> Is there anything else I can try?

	/var/named/dan.net needs to be writable by named.  If you
	are using a Linux box you may also need to ensure that
	SELinux is properly configured to allow the write.  See the
	FAQ for how to do this.

	Mark
 
> Thanks,
> Dan.
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